Corals, sea urchins, sponges, worms and other animals of Somalia: 650 species (part 5 of 5)

GBIF holds records of 650 species from Somalia in the smaller animal groups: corals, sea anemones and jellyfish, sea urchins, starfish and sea cucumbers, sponges, lamp shells, worms and sea squirts.

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Part 5 of 5 of Corals, sea urchins, sponges, worms and other animals of Somalia: 650 species. Sources are listed on part 1.

This list is in 5 parts: 1 · 2 · 3 · 4 · 5

Full list (650 species)

Name	Scientific name	Family	Red List	Records in Somalia
Terebratula quillyensis	Terebratula quillyensis	Terebratulidae	NE	4
Terebratula subsella	Terebratula subsella	Terebratulidae	NE	5
Golf Ball Sponge	Cinachyrella australiensis	Tetillidae	NE	1
Tetraplatia volitans	Tetraplatia volitans	Tetraplatiidae	NE	1
Rhynchonella somalica	Rhynchonella somalica	Tetrarhynchiidae	NE	2
Somalirhynchia africana	Somalirhynchia africana	Tetrarhynchiidae	NE	25
Somalirhynchia bihendulensis	Somalirhynchia bihendulensis	Tetrarhynchiidae	NE	3
Somalirhynchia bihenensis	Somalirhynchia bihenensis	Tetrarhynchiidae	NE	3
Somalirhynchia stefaninii	Somalirhynchia stefaninii	Tetrarhynchiidae	NE	1
Somalirhynchia tumida	Somalirhynchia tumida	Tetrarhynchiidae	NE	3
Cosmiometra gardineri	Cosmiometra gardineri	Thalassometridae	NE	2
Cosmiometra iole	Cosmiometra iole	Thalassometridae	NE	1
Cosmiometra woodmasoni	Cosmiometra woodmasoni	Thalassometridae	NE	1
Oceanometra valdiviae	Oceanometra valdiviae	Thalassometridae	NE	2
Rhabdophyllia barkii	Rhabdophyllia barkii	Thecosmiliidae	NE	1
Thamnoseris lobata	Thamnoseris lobata	Thecosmiliidae	NE	2
Tomopteris dunckeri	Tomopteris dunckeri	Tomopteridae	NE	1
Tomopteris rolasi	Tomopteris rolasi	Tomopteridae	NE	1
Trachycladus cervicornis	Trachycladus cervicornis	Trachycladidae	NE	2
Trachycladus tethyoides	Trachycladus tethyoides	Trachycladidae	NE	2
Trichocerca pusilla	Trichocerca pusilla	Trichocercidae	NE	1
Trichostrongylus probolurus	Trichostrongylus probolurus	Trichostrongylidae	NE	1
Trigonithyris eruduwensis	Trigonithyris eruduwensis	Trigonithyrididae	NE	2
Filinia longiseta	Filinia longiseta	Trochosphaeridae	NE	1
Filinia pejleri	Filinia pejleri	Trochosphaeridae	NE	1
Black and white sea lily	Tropiometra carinata	Tropiometridae	NE	2
Sphenotrochus intermedius	Sphenotrochus intermedius	Turbinoliidae	NE	1
Tropidocyathus lessonii	Tropidocyathus lessonii	Turbinoliidae	NE	1
Lindahl's droopy sea pen	Umbellula lindahli	Umbellulidae	NE	2
Umbellula pellucida	Umbellula pellucida	Umbellulidae	NE	4
Umbellula spicata	Umbellula spicata	Umbellulidae	NE	2
two-tentacled sea cucumber	Ypsilothuria bitentaculata	Ypsilothuriidae	NE	1
Aulacothyris jubaensis	Aulacothyris jubaensis	Zeilleriidae	NE	1
Kingena latifrons	Kingena latifrons	Zeilleriidae	NE	3
Microthyridina farquharsoni	Microthyridina farquharsoni	Zeilleriidae	NE	2
Somalitela ambalensis	Somalitela ambalensis	Zeilleriidae	NE	1
Zeilleria egena	Zeilleria egena	Zeilleriidae	NE	1
Zoanthus somaliae	Zoanthus somaliae	Zoanthidae	NE	2
Zygophylax adhaerens	Zygophylax adhaerens	Zygophylacidae	NE	9

This list is in 5 parts: 1 · 2 · 3 · 4 · 5

Sources

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